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As
Palestine has no operating international airport or ports, you must
arrive to Palestine via Egypt, Jordan or Israel. If you are coming
overland from
Egypt,
you will arrive to the Rafiah border crossing at the southern end of
the Gaza Strip. If you arrive from Jordan, you can cross into the
West Bank over the Allenby/King Hussein Bridge. If you arrive by
air to Ben Gurion International airport, you will have to travel to
Jerusalem, take a taxi to your destination inside
Palestine
from the taxi station opposite the Damascus Gate (East
Jerusalem)
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Jerusalem (East):
The
Holy city for the three major religions, Judaism, Islam and
Christianity.
Jerusalem is a mosaic of peoples, Arab, Jew, Christian - living side
by side in a city claimed to be capital both by
Israel
and Palestine.
The Old
city of Jerusalem is surrounded by the famous walls built by Sultan
Suleiman the Magnificent in 1542. . The old city is divided into
four quarters, the Jewish, Armenian, Christian and Moslem Quarters.
Each quarter has its own special personality. Enjoy each quarter,
with its historical sites, special traditional foods and drinks.
Visit the Dome of the Rock, Islam's third holiest site, the Western
Wall, Judaism's most holy site, and the Church of the Holy
Sephulchre, where Jesus' was crucified. No visit to the old city of
Jerusalem would be complete without testing your negotiating skills
in the Arab bazaar.
Bethlehem:
The town that is the birthplace of Christianity, the birthplace of
Jesus.
At the
northern entrance (from Jerusalem) to the city is the Tomb of Rachel
the Matriarch, wife of Jacob, who died in Bethlehem while giving
birth to Benjamin.
Church
of the Nativity – the principal shrine of the city at Manger
Square. Inside the church on either side of the altar, narrow stone
staircases lead underneath to the manger, the site of Christ's'
birth..
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